Ubiquitous overexpression of a transgene encoding the extracellular portion of the Drosophila roughest-irregular chiasm C protein induces early embryonic lethality

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 380-388

  Moda, Livia ^a   Machado, Ricardo C ^b   Ramos, Ricardo Guelerman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Drosophila; Immunoglobulin superfamily; Transgenic organisms

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ROUGHEST PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; LETHAL GENE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOCK; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, LETHAL; HEAT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SHOCK; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0034266314     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652000000300011     Document Type: Article

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